WHO urges countries to tackle tobacco epidemic

Last Updated: Monday, May 30, 2011, 15:36

Globally, nearly six million people die each year from tobacco use and exposure to second-hand smoke. The annual global death toll from the epidemic of tobacco use could rise to eight million by 2030.

Flu epidemic shuts all Moscow schools

Last Updated: Sunday, January 30, 2011, 00:41

Moscow and two other cities shut their schools for a week Saturday and urged children not to play in groups in a bid to stamp out the worst flu outbreak to hit central Russia in more than a decade.

Growing insecurity leads to obesity epidemic

Last Updated: Sunday, January 23, 2011, 13:47

Researchers say that the obesity epidemic is due to growing insecurity.

Facebook `fuelling divorce epidemic`

Last Updated: Saturday, January 22, 2011, 13:46

If you think that Facebook is a harmless way to keep in touch with friends and family, you are wrong.

Facebook fuelling divorce epidemic

Last Updated: Saturday, January 15, 2011, 19:54

Facebook is being increasingly cited as an evidence while seeking divorce.

Haiti cholera toll tops 3,750

Last Updated: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 23:28

Haiti`s cholera death toll has risen to 3,759, government figures showed, but daily fatalities linked to the persistent epidemic appeared to trend downward in the first days of 2011.

Cholera claims 140 lives in southwest Haiti

Last Updated: Monday, December 6, 2010, 12:50

A total of 140 people have died of cholera in recent days in southwestern Haiti.

UN sees global AIDS epidemic starting to turn

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 19:30

An estimated 33.3 million people worldwide have the HIV virus that causes AIDS, but the global health community is starting to slow down and even turn the epidemic around, a United Nations report said on Tuesday.